Brain Tumors

By Guest Blogger, Lauren Hanna Frias. 18 months. Today you would be 18 months old. Again another milestone that I can’t take a picture of… It’s summer and there are parties and picnics. Friends asking us to join. And we can’t because it’s...

Reed Family Photo (The Columbus Dispatch) – When Grant Reed of Bellville was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2012, he didn’t want to talk about it. Then 11, Grant was encouraged by medical staff at Nationwide Children’s Hospital to name the enemy...

(6abc.com) – Seven-year-old Darien Hoefling was sworn in Thursday as an honorary officer of the Mount Holly Township Police Department as a way to say thank you to the special kid. Last summer, “Deej,” as he’s known, was diagnosed with a brain...

(Gizmodo) – Performing any kind of surgery on the brain is already a tremendously difficult procedure, but removing only cancerous tissue is even more of a challenge because it’s very difficult to visually distinguish the good brain from the bad. But what...

(medicalnewstoday.com) – Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have identified a new combination therapy for the most aggressive form of medulloblastoma, a fast growing type of pediatric brain cancer. The study was published...